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title: 'Tech & AI jobs in Florida'
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# Tech & AI jobs in Florida

> Florida's tech scene has grown fast, pulled by no state income tax and a wave of finance and crypto money into Miami. SpaceX and Relativity Space run launch operations on the Space Coast, ThreatLocker and KnowBe4 built cybersecurity businesses in Orlando and Tampa, and Miami keeps drawing fintech and crypto firms. The market is younger and more spread out than the coasts, but climbing.

- **Open roles:** 1191
- **Hiring companies:** 269
- **Region type:** state
- **Timezone:** America/New_York
- **Population:** 22,610,000
- **Cost of living:** 3% above the US average — no state income tax, but Miami-area housing runs high.
- **Climate:** Tropical and subtropical — hot, humid summers with afternoon storms and a June-November hurricane season, mild dry winters.
- **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/florida

## Cities in Florida

- [Miami](https://feeny.ai/location/florida/miami) — 323 jobs
- [Tampa](https://feeny.ai/location/florida/tampa) — 212 jobs
- [Jacksonville](https://feeny.ai/location/florida/jacksonville) — 137 jobs
- [Orlando](https://feeny.ai/location/florida/orlando) — 136 jobs
- [Cape Canaveral](https://feeny.ai/location/florida/cape-canaveral) — 91 jobs

## Top companies hiring in Florida

- [Hut 8](https://feeny.ai/companies/hut-8) — 45 open roles
- [ThreatLocker](https://feeny.ai/companies/threatlocker) — 22 open roles
- [Fortis Fire & Safety](https://feeny.ai/companies/fortis-fire-safety) — 23 open roles
- [Hillpointe](https://feeny.ai/companies/hillpointe) — 28 open roles
- [The Pharmacy Hub](https://feeny.ai/companies/the-pharmacy-hub) — 8 open roles
- [Sunnyside*](https://feeny.ai/companies/sunnyside) — 22 open roles
- [EnSafe Inc.](https://feeny.ai/companies/ensafe-inc) — 14 open roles
- [Otto Aerospace](https://feeny.ai/companies/otto-aerospace) — 9 open roles
- [Foundation Risk Partners](https://feeny.ai/companies/foundation-risk-partners) — 17 open roles
- [Perry Ellis International](https://feeny.ai/companies/perry-ellis-international) — 10 open roles
- [Forgen](https://feeny.ai/companies/forgen) — 15 open roles
- [JRM Construction Management, LLC](https://feeny.ai/companies/jrm-construction-management-llc) — 19 open roles

## Top Universities

**Where Florida's tech talent studies**

The state's public universities do the heavy lifting: the University of Florida produced Nvidia co-founder Chris Malachowsky and the lead architect of the IBM PC, while UCF is one of the largest engineering pipelines in the country. Miami and FSU add business and research depth (FSU's Sara Blakely built Spanx from scratch).

- **University of Florida** (Gainesville, FL · 36,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Chris Malachowsky, Mark Adler, Philip Don Estridge, David Nelms, Manuel Fernandez
- **University of Miami** (Coral Gables, FL · 12,900 undergrads) — notable alumni: Rony Abovitz, Micky Arison, Geisha Williams, David Komansky, Maurice R. Greenberg
- **Florida State University** (Tallahassee, FL · 32,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Sara Blakely, Robert A. Holton, Todd Combs, Maria Zemankova, Richard W. Rahn
- **University of Central Florida** (Orlando, FL · 59,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Alan Eustace, Taylor Gerring, Brian Crutcher, Angel Ruiz, Dan Benjamin
- **Florida International University** (Miami, FL · 40,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Bill Gurley, Robert B. Carter, David Shor, James F. O'Brien, Carlos O. Torano
- **University of South Florida** (Tampa, FL · 37,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: George Reyes, John R. Patrick, Jordan Zimmerman, Jim Atchison, Bill Edwards
- **Florida Atlantic University** (Boca Raton, FL · 24,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Maynard Webb, Phil Zimmermann, Patricia McKay, George Zoley, Luis Alberto Moreno
- **Florida Institute of Technology** (Melbourne, FL · 3,400 undergrads) — notable alumni: Frank J. Canova, Ryan Gellert, David P. Norton, Herbert Hugh Thompson, Svafa Gronfeldt

## Top Unicorns

**Unicorn startups in Florida**

The unicorn list runs on security and infrastructure: IT management at Kaseya, cloud and GPU compute at Vultr, threat response at ReliaQuest, and crypto rails at MoonPay. Magic Leap's AR headsets and Material Bank round out a scene that's more enterprise and deep-tech than the Miami-crypto headlines suggest.

- **[Kaseya](https://feeny.ai/companies/kaseya-careers)** — $12B · IT & security management software for MSPs
- **[Vultr](https://feeny.ai/companies/vultr)** — $3.5B · Full-stack cloud & GPU infrastructure
- **MoonPay** — $3.4B · Crypto payment infrastructure for fiat on-ramps
- **ReliaQuest** — $3.4B · AI-driven threat detection & response
- **Flow** — $2.5B · Branded residential real estate with community tech
- **Jeeves** — $2.1B · Corporate cards & cross-border banking for startups
- **[Magic Leap](https://feeny.ai/companies/magic-leap-multiple-locations)** — $2B · Augmented reality headsets & spatial computing
- **[Material Bank](https://feeny.ai/companies/material-bank)** — $1.9B · Marketplace for architecture & design material samples
- **Papa** — $1.4B · Companionship & in-home support for older adults
- **[ThreatLocker](https://feeny.ai/companies/threatlocker)** — $1.2B · Zero-trust endpoint security & app allowlisting
- **Cirkul** — $1.07B · Reusable bottles with customizable flavor cartridges
- **Stax** — $1B · Flat-rate payment processing for SMBs

## Events

**What's happening in Florida**

- [The Pink Files Brunch Launch](https://luma.com/doso5d1y) — 2026-08-08 · Miami
- [Fort Lauderdale Tech Meetup • The Road to Angel Funding • New World Angels, Blue Moon VC, EisnerAmper](https://luma.com/ftltechmeetup08) — 2026-08-11 · Miami
- [Frida Kahlo Inspired Tote Bag Printing](https://luma.com/f4gofbpe) — 2026-08-11 · Miami
- [Fort Lauderdale Las Olas Rooftop EVO VC & Startups Social🍸🎉](https://luma.com/gprdv2ur) — 2026-08-12 · Miami
- [Dinner: Leveraging AI Agents](https://luma.com/mia-ai-dinner) — 2026-08-13 · Miami
- [ALO MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT: ALO RUNNERS CLUB](https://luma.com/ecnywkvi) — 2026-08-15 · Miami
- [MIAMI ASIANS MEETUP](https://luma.com/yl3ukavs) — 2026-08-15 · Miami
- [Joyful Revival Block Party](https://luma.com/joyfulrevivalftl) — 2026-08-15 · Miami
- [Zero Waste Miami Celebration](https://luma.com/9i7uy69h) — 2026-08-15 · Miami

## FAQ

**Tech jobs in Florida: common questions**

### How many tech jobs are open in Florida right now?

Feeny is tracking about 1,191 open tech roles in Florida, from roughly 269 companies hiring across the state. Each one is pulled from a company's own careers page, so a listing means a role that's live, not a stale repost. The openings spread across several metros rather than concentrating in one, from Miami to Orlando to the Space Coast. Filter by city or discipline to narrow it down.

### Which Florida cities have the most tech jobs?

Florida is unusually spread out for a tech state, with no single dominant hub. Miami and Fort Lauderdale carry the fintech and crypto money in the south; Orlando and Tampa hold cybersecurity and a broader software base; and Cape Canaveral anchors launch operations on the Space Coast. Jacksonville rounds out the north. Across the 5 Florida cities we index, the work is genuinely distributed.

### What companies are hiring for tech roles in Florida?

Space is the headline draw: SpaceX and Relativity Space both run launch operations on the Space Coast around Cape Canaveral. Cybersecurity is the Orlando and Tampa story, where ThreatLocker and KnowBe4 built sizable businesses. Miami leans into fintech and crypto, riding the wave of finance money that moved in. Feeny lists roles from about 269 companies statewide, so the current set is worth a direct look.

### What kinds of tech roles are common in Florida?

The mix reflects how spread out the state is. The Space Coast needs aerospace and launch engineers thanks to SpaceX and Relativity. Orlando and Tampa skew toward cybersecurity, with ThreatLocker and KnowBe4 hiring security and software people. Miami's fintech and crypto scene pulls in backend, payments, and blockchain roles. It's less a single specialty than several regional ones stitched together.

### What is it like to work in tech in Florida?

Florida grew fast on a simple lever: no state income tax, which put more of a paycheck in your pocket and drew a wave of finance and crypto money to Miami. Cost of living runs about 3 percent above the national average, but that hides a split, since Miami housing is expensive while much of the rest of the state is not. The scene is younger and more geographically scattered than the coasts, so you pick a metro and a vibe. The honest trade is that Miami's cost has caught up with the tax savings.

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